Chicago. 1903. 302pp. Portrait. Illus. Three quarter calf and marbled boards. Hinges worn and weak. Internally very good. Allen spent years hunting and travelling in Montana, Idaho and the Dakotas in the 1880s and '90s. He tangled with some Indians and ran into some bad types such as Calamity Jane... More

Yankton: Press Steam Power Printing Co., 1870. 56pp. Colored frontispiece map. Modern half cloth and paper boards. Very clean and fresh internally. Fine. One of the earliest works on the Dakota-Wyoming frontier, and among the first locally printed works on Dakota Territory and on gold in the Black Hills. "Batchelder... More

London. 1844. Large folio lithograph, colored in aquatint. Slight discoloration, otherwise a very nice copy. This portrait is one of the extra, unnumbered, plates from CATLIN'S NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN PORTFOLIO.... A nice, striking portrait of a standing chief holding a spear.More

Washington. 1952. viii,164pp. plus two folding maps. Original printed wrappers. Fine. First reprint by the Smithsonian Institution of the original 1851 report. Culbertson explored the Bad Lands and ascended the Missouri to a point several hundred miles north of Ft. Pierre.More

Yankton: Josiah C. Trask, 1862. Two volumes bound in one. xvi,[4],561,iv,[4],38pp. Thick octavo. Original front printed wrapper, later rear wrapper. Wraps lightly soiled and bit chipped at head and toe of spine, persistent marginal dampstain. Very good. The first substantial production from the press in Dakota, and an important legal..... More

Sioux City, Ia. 1881. 392pp. plus 8pp. advertisements. Original cloth. Head of spine frayed, binding edgeworn and somewhat soiled. Ink inscription on front endpaper and rear pastedown. Good. A fairly early historical account of the development of the Dakota Territory, focusing on the valley of the Big Sioux River in... More

[Sioux Falls, Dakota: Sioux Falls Leader, 1885]. [2],77pp. printed in double columns. Quarto. Later pebbled cloth. Internally clean and fresh. Near fine. The statehood movement in Dakota Territory began in the late 1870s and proceeded fitfully for the next few years, with those in the northern part of the territory... More

Yankton, Dakota Territory: Geo. W. Kingsbury, 1868. 14pp. Original printed wrappers. Minute wear to rear wrapper. Near fine, largely unopened. An interesting early Dakota imprint. In his address, Faulk renews his plea for the construction of a capital building, seeks to calm fears regarding the presence in Union county of... More

Yankton, D.T. Geo. W. Kingsbury, 1866. 13pp. Original printed wrappers. Some slight soiling in upper margin of front wrapper. Else a nice, clean copy. Very good. An interesting early Dakota imprint, being the first annual message of the governor. Faulk, who became territorial governor in 1866, points to the cessation... More

[ Hartford]: Privately Printed, 1937. 128pp. Frontispiece map. Gilt cloth. Corners and spine extremities slightly worn, else a fine copy. One of 300 copies printed. A little known work on the author's experiences as a preacher and a rancher; Dayton had more experience with sheep than cattle, but he saw... More

Kimball, S.D. 1894. [4],139pp., including two pages of portraits. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, with original front wrapper pasted onto front endsheet. Split in left edge of titlepage repaired on verso. A very good copy. A very rare account of the Indian campaigns of 1863-65 in the Upper Missouri... More

Cincinnati. 1875. 53pp. Contemporary blue cloth. Spine slightly faded. Ink stamp on front fly leaf, several library ink stamps in margins. Else very good. Hazen served as an army officer in the trans-Mississippi west after the Civil War. He was convinced the land west of the 100th meridian was effectively... More

Washington. 1861-62. Two printed telegram forms, completed in manuscript. Docketed and stamped on verso. Some moderate edge tearing and creasing. Overall good. The first telegram, sent from Pittsburgh on April 3, 1861, to William P. Dale, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, reads: "I have sent my bond my mail - shall... More

Philadelphia. 1886. 18pp. Original printed wrappers. Rear cover moderately chipped at edges. Internally clean. Very good. Pamphlet issued by the Indian Rights Association discussing the controversy over the management at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The first census on the reservation was undertaken in 1886, and it was alleged that the... More

Philadelphia. 1889. 88pp. Original front printed wrapper (rear lacking). Good. Describes the work of C.C. Painter, and prints Herbert Welsh's report of his visit to the Indians of Dakota, New Mexico and Arizona. Also reports on legal maneuvers on the Indians' behalf.More

[Washington. 1866]. 6pp. Folio. Disbound leaves. Minor chipping, staining. Very good. One of the Fort Sully treaties. "These famous treaties were concluded at Fort Sully, Dakota Territory by Newton Edmunds, E.B. Taylor, and Generals S.R. Curtis and H.H. Sibley. They stipulate a cessation of hostilities and depredations by the various..... More

[Washington. 1866]. 6pp. Folio, gathered signatures. Mild toning. Very good. One of the Fort Sully treaties. "These famous treaties were concluded at Fort Sully, Dakota Territory by Newton Edmunds, E.B. Taylor, and Generals S.R. Curtis and H.H. Sibley. They stipulate a cessation of hostilities and depredations by the various bands..... More

[Washington. 1866]. 6pp. Folio, gathered signatures. Mild toning. Very good. One of the Fort Sully treaties. "These famous treaties were concluded at Fort Sully, Dakota Territory by Newton Edmunds, E.B. Taylor, and Generals S.R. Curtis and H.H. Sibley. They stipulate a cessation of hostilities and depredations by the various bands..... More

[Washington. 1866]. 7pp. Folio. Dbd. Minor chips, tears. Very good. One of the famous Sioux treaties of Fort Sully. "These famous treaties were concluded at Fort Sully, Dakota Territory by Newton Edmunds, E.B. Taylor, and Generals S.R. Curtis and H.H. Sibley. They stipulate a cessation of hostilities and depredations by..... More